Charley Chaplin's Comic Capers

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Andrew Madura, 1265 Fran Mar Ct, Clermont, FL 34711

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Charley Chaplin's Comic Capers by AC Carruthers & Elzie Segar (0280-) - There is little doubt that Charley Chaplin was the pinnacle comedic genius of the Silent Screen.  His unparalleled popularity crept into all forms for media including Newspaper comics.  Charley Chaplin's Comic Capers hit both the Daily and Sunday Comics pages in 1915 under the hand of AC Carruthers.  The strip was a gag strip prominently featuring Chaplin's greatest character creation - the Little Tramp.    In Spring of 1916, soon-to-be creator of Thimble Theatre and later Popeye, Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar would take over production of the strip.   Filled with plenty of action sequences, Segar brought the slapstick of Chaplin to life in exquisite fashion throughout his tenure on the strip.  Licensing contracts on the strip would cut it's run short in 1917.  The collectability of these pages is huge with the combination of the classic Charley Chaplin character and it's relatively short run.   Sold exclusively as individual full-size pages, the demand for these is very strong at a very high premium.   These are some of the most sought-after gems among newspaper comics.  Dailies are as rare as Sundays and sell equally well at very high premium.

Sunday Comics

Item # Date-#-size* Condition* Price Notes
S0280-0002 1915/07/04 - F G/G/G $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0003 1915/07/11 - F G/G/FR-G $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0004 1915/07/18 - F G/FR-G/G $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0006 1915/07/25 - F G/G/G $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0007 1915/08/01 - F G/G/G $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0008 1915/08/08 - F G-VG/G/VG $35.00 No reverse
S0280-0010 1915/08/15 - F G-VG/G/VG $35.00 No reverse
S0280-0013 1915/08/29 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0020 1915/10/24 - F FR/FR-P/G $10.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen
S0280-0021 1915/10/31 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen(H), BWO Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0022 1915/11/07 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen(H), BWO Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0023 1915/11/14 - F FR-G/FR-G/VG $30.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen(H), BWO Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0024 1915/11/21 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen(H), BWO Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0025 1915/11/28 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWO Haphazard Helen(H), BWO Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0026 1915/12/12 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWOB Haphazard Helen(H), BWOB Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0027 1915/12/19 - F G/FR-G/VG $35.00 On reverse BWOB Haphazard Helen(H), BWOB Old Sport Old(H)
S0280-0028 1915/12/26 - F FR-G/FR/G $35.00 On reverse BWOB Haphazard Helen(H), BWOB Old Sport Old(H)

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